Two north shore families called in silks to argue the finer points of law concerning an offending hedge - and whether the law should be applied in the present or past tense.
Ku-ring-gai mayor Sam Ngai has come under fire from the planning minister for making a legal challenge to the state’s new laws.
Lane Cove Mayor Scott Bennison said the council believes it knows who was responsible for the illegal destruction of 300 trees and plants.
The decision will plunge thousands of apartment owners into uncertainty as they fight to repair their troubled buildings.
Sydney’s richest businessmen were on the hunt for a legendary cache of gold when things turned ugly.
Woollahra Council said it had garnered an additional 300 trees for the site in amended plans rubber-stamped in court on Thursday.
Charlotte Pass resort has been fined for allowing millions of litres of improperly treated sewage effluent to flow into nearby waterways in Kosciuszko National Park.
The state government paid a family $1 million to relocate their business but,after a court ruling,it is trying to claw the money back.
NSW Environment Minister James Griffin has called for an urgent meeting of the nation’s environment ministers given the “sobering reading” in the State of the Environment report.
Architects and heritage groups are calling on the NSW government to reinstate the heritage listing of the MLC Building,one of the city’s first high-rise office buildings.
A court has ruled that former actors and television presenters Lachlan and Karina Daddo can keep three palm trees at their northern beaches home,with the judgment describing their neighbours as having “an unusual sense of entitlement”.